[EAS] ipawsnonweather question

[Mike McCarthy]

With all due respect, I disagree.

When the applicant signs the license application, there are certain things
the applicant agrees to as being a license trustee and to serve the public
with that license. If the FCC can compel public service content for both
OTA services and more specifically children friendly TV programming on
weekend mornings, they are certainly within their statutory authority
under the Communications Acts to require anything they decide to require
regarding EAS. It's that simple.

I would welcome witnessing the proceeding should someone decide to
challenge the premise of compulsory EAS.

Be careful of what you wish. If the SCOTUS upholds the statutory authority
for the FCC to compel carriage of any message type, the FCC could crack
the whip and very easily compel us to carry any number of message types
beyond federal. Or reimpose the Fairness Doctrine.

Improbable....yes. Unlikely...yes. Possible...again...yes.

MM

On Wed, August 1, 2018 9:31 pm, Suzanne Goucher wrote:
> Because the government can't compel content (thank the good Lord!!
> Although with the present attack on the media, it appears they're
> trying), thus the government can't compel EAS carriage, except for
> presidential alerts, and even that is constitutionally suspect and would
> probably be stricken down if challenged.